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Calendar No. 664

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1438

[Report No. 106–330]

To establish the National Law Enforcement Museum on Federal land in

the District of Columbia.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JULY 27, 1999

Mr. CAMPBELL (for himself, Ms. SNOWE, Mr. GORTON, Mr. CONRAD, Mr.

THURMOND, Mr. CLELAND, Mr. ROBB, Mr. SARBANES, and Mr. ALLARD) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred

to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

JULY 10, 2000

Reported by Mr. MURKOWSKI, with an amendment

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

A BILL

To establish the National Law Enforcement Museum on

Federal land in the District of Columbia.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Law Enforce5 ment Museum Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. FINDING.

2 Congress finds that there should be established a Na3 tional Law Enforcement Museum to honor and commemo4 rate the service and sacrifice of law enforcement officers

5 in the United States.

6 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

7 In this Act:

8 (1) MEMORIAL FUND.—The term ‘‘Memorial

9 Fund’’ means the National Law Enforcement Offi10 cers Memorial Fund.

11 (2) MUSEUM.—The term ‘‘Museum’’ means the

12 National Law Enforcement Museum established

13 under section 4(a).

14 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means

15 the Secretary of the Interior.

16 SEC. 4. NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT MUSEUM.

17 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Memorial Fund may con18 struct a National Law Enforcement Museum on Federal

19 land located on United States Reservation #7, on the

20 property directly south of the National Law Enforcement

21 Officers Memorial, bounded by—

22 (1) E Street, NW., on the north;

23 (2) 5th Street, NW., on the west;

24 (3) 4th Street, NW., on the east; and

25 (4) Indiana Avenue, NW., on the south.

26 (b) DESIGN AND PLANS.—
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out subsection

2 (a), the Memorial Fund shall be responsible for

3 preparation of the design and plans for the Museum.

4 (2) APPROVAL.—The design and plans for the

5 Museum shall be subject to the approval of—

6 (A) the Secretary;

7 (B) the Commission of Fine Arts; and

8 (C) the National Capital Planning Com9 mission.

10 (c) FUNDING; EXTERIOR MAINTENANCE.—The

11 Secretary—

12 (1) shall not permit construction of the Mu13 seum to begin unless the Secretary determines that

14 sufficient amounts are available to complete con15 struction of the Museum in accordance with the de16 sign and plans approved under subsection (b); and

17 (2) shall maintain the exterior and exterior

18 grounds of the Museum after completion of con19 struction.

20 (d) INTERIOR MAINTENANCE.—The Administrator of

21 General Services shall maintain the interior of the Mu22 seum after completion of construction.

23 (e) OPERATION.—The Memorial Fund shall operate

24 the Museum after completion of construction.
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1 (f) FEDERAL SHARE.—The United States shall pay

2 no expense incurred in the establishment or construction

3 of the Museum.

4 (g) FAILURE TO CONSTRUCT.—If the Memorial

5 Fund fails to construct the Museum by the date that is

6 7 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the author7 ity to construct the Museum shall terminate on that date,

8 unless construction of the Museum begins before that

9 date.

10 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

11 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Law Enforce12 ment Museum Act’’.

13 SEC. 2. FINDING.

14 Congress finds that there should be established a Na15 tional Law Enforcement Museum to honor and commemo16 rate the service and sacrifice of law enforcement officers in

17 the United States.

18 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

19 In this Act:

20 (1) MEMORIAL FUND.—The term ‘‘Memorial

21 Fund’’ means the National Law Enforcement Officers

22 Memorial Fund, Inc.

23 (2) MUSEUM.—The term ‘‘Museum’’ means the

24 National Law Enforcement Museum established under

25 section 4(a).
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1 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means

2 the Secretary of the Interior.

3 SEC. 4. NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT MUSEUM.

4 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Memorial Fund may con5 struct a National Law Enforcement Museum on Federal

6 land located on United States Reservation #7, on the prop7 erty directly south of the National Law Enforcement Offi8 cers Memorial, bounded by—

9 (1) E Street, NW., on the north;

10 (2) 5th Street, NW., on the west;

11 (3) 4th Street, NW., on the east; and

12 (4) Indiana Avenue, NW., on the south.

13 (b) DESIGN AND PLANS.—

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out subsection

15 (a), the Memorial Fund shall be responsible for prepa16 ration of the design and plans for the Museum.

17 (2) APPROVAL.—The design and plans for the

18 Museum shall be subject to the approval of—

19 (A) the Secretary;

20 (B) the Commission of Fine Arts; and

21 (C) the National Capital Planning Com22 mission.

23 (3) DESIGN REQUIREMENT.—The Museum shall

24 be designed so that not more than 35 percent of the

25 volume of the structure is above the floor elevation at
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1 the north rear entry of Court Building D, also known

2 as ‘‘Old City Hall’’.

3 (c) OPERATION.—The Memorial Fund shall own, oper4 ate, and maintain the Museum after completion of construc5 tion.

6 (d) FEDERAL SHARE.—The United States shall pay

7 no expense incurred in the establishment or construction of

8 the Museum.

9 (e) FUNDING VERIFICATION.—The Secretary shall not

10 permit construction of the Museum to begin unless the Sec11 retary determines that sufficient amounts are available to

12 complete construction of the Museum in accordance with

13 the design and plans approved under subsection (b).

14 (f) FAILURE TO CONSTRUCT.—If the Memorial Fund

15 fails to begin construction on the Museum by the date that

16 is 10 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the au17 thority to construct the Museum shall terminate on that

18 date.

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Calendar No. 664

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1438

[Report No. 106–330]

A BILL

To establish the National Law Enforcement Museum on Federal land in the District of Columbia

JULY 10, 2000

Reported with an amendment